SB 1307 Summary

• Establishes an information technology modernization program management office within the office of enterprise technology services to provide guidance and support to major IT projects across state departments, agencies, and the University of Hawaii system.

• Designates the chief information officer to ensure the office acts as a central resource guiding major IT projects in implementing best practices including leadership engagement, staffing, technology selection, security, data governance, change management, and risk management.

• Clarifies that sponsoring departments or agencies retain overall responsibility for project success while working cooperatively with the chief information officer to develop project charters that include staffing assessments and responsibility matrices.

• Requires monitoring of cost, schedule, and performance parameters for major IT projects, with baseline change tracking.

• Defines "major information technology project" as projects subject to independent verification and validation, exceeding $1,000,000 in expenditures or taking more than one year to implement, or critical to key business capabilities of state departments or agencies.